1) Timeline of events in the book. I put Steph's in order, go ahead & add to it, there's no reason why the timeline cannot belong to everyone. Jasmine, if this doesn't work for you, email me.
I'm fine with sharing the timeline. Oh Ellen, yours is not at the bottom because I added it somewhere. I think it is #35. -Jasmine
2) Timeline of the events of the French Revolution Note: Cite the source of all material. All plagiarized material will be deleted.
Timeline of book:
1775
France- King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette take over. France is amounting in debt; peasants are starving. The royalty are living a good life.
England- King George III is on the English throne. People are calling out for reforms and taking part in a struggle with America. There is havoc on the streets. The royalty are living a good life.
{melissa august 10}
1. Friday, November [Shooter's Hill, 11:10]- Jarvis Lorry receives message from Jerry
2. Saturday, November [Dover]- Lorry meets Lucie and tells her of her father
3. November [Paris]- Lorry and Lucie go to Paris and meets Monsieur Defarge and see Lucie's father.
4. Lucie sees her father. She brings him home and brings him back to health, mentally and physically. - Jessica 08/12/07
5. Lorry, Lucie, and Manette go on a coach back to London.
6. Jerry delievers another message to Mr. Lorry at the Old Bailey Court where Charles Darnay is being tried for treason. Lucie and Manette are testifying against Darnay.
-Jasmine Lee 6/26/07
1780
7. [Old Bailey, London] Charles Darnay is acquitted.
8. [London] Charles Darnay and Mr. Carton go to a local tavern to have a drink. Mr. Carton asks Darnay if Lucie's love is worth risking his life for, but Darnay does not answer. Later on, Darnay leaves the tavern and Mr. Carton is drunk, looks at a mirror, critizes his looks, and then falls asleep.
9. [London] At around ten o'clock, a worker at the tavern wakes up Mr. Carton. Mr. Carton goes to Mr. Stryver's place to drink some more and Mr. Stryver admits Lucie is very beautiful. Afterwards, Mr. Carton goes home and cries himself to sleep.
10. [London] On a Sunday, Mr. Lorry goes over to the Manette home seeking Doctor Manette and Lucie. However, only Miss Pross is home. Mr. Lorry finds out Miss Pross disapproves of every man that has tried to win over Lucie, except for her own brother Solomon. Later on, Lucie, Doctor Manette, and Darnay home come together, and then Carton comes too. After eating, everybody goes home.
-Jasmine Lee 6/28/07
11. [France] After Monseigneur's party, Monsieur the Marquis recklessly passes town and runs over Gaspard's son. He pays back Gaspard and Defarge and drives away.
12. [France] On his way to the chateau, Monsieur the Marquis is disturbed by a man who kept staring at him. The man says he saw someone who was not a villager hanging onto the bottom of Monsieur the Marquis' carriage. Then on Monsieur the Marquis' way back to the chateau, he is stopped by a woman who requests of a marker for her husbands grave, since it was bare. Monsieur the Marquis ignores her and arrives at the chateau, asking if Monsieur Charles has arrived from England yet.
13.[The Chateau, France] The "Monsieur Charles" whom Monsieur is expecting is actually Charles Darnay, his nephew. Darnay discusses with Monsieur about his desire to renounce his uncle's inheritance. The next morning, Monsieur is found dead, stabbed with a knife and left with a note which reads, "Drive him fast to his tomb. This, from JACQUES."
-Jasmine Lee 6/30/07
14. [London] A year after Monsieur the Marquis is killed, Charles Darnay moves to England to become a French tutor. He visits Manette and professes his love for his daughter to him. Manette promises to never bring up how Darnay truly feels about Lucie to her, but to only tell her how Darnay feels when she admits her love for Darnay. If that happens, Manette will only speak of good things about Darnay. Since Manette is keeping secrets for Darnay, Darnay feels it important to tell Manette his true last name, but Manette insists on only finding out the truth on the morning of Darnay and Lucie's wedding.
15. [London] On the same night Darnay visits Manette, Mr. Stryver tells Carton that he intends to marry Lucie, not for her money, but because she is a "charming creature" (Dickens 136).
-Jasmine Lee 7/1/07
16. [London] The next morning, Mr. Stryver decides to walk over to Lucie's home to propose to her. However, he stops by Tellson's Bank to tell Mr. Lorry about what he is going to do. Mr. Lorry does not suggest Mr. Stryver proposing to Lucie and decides to go to Lucie's home to find out how she feels about marrying Mr. Stryver first. At around ten o'clock that night, Mr. Lorry goes over to Mr. Stryver's home and informs him that Lucie and her father do not approve of Mr. Stryver marrying Lucie.
-Jasmine Lee 7/2/07
17. [London] On a day in August, Carton professes his love for Lucie and tells her he would die for her and anyone she loves.
-Jasmine lee 7/3/07
18. [London] After Roger Cly's funeral, Jerry Cruncher lies to his wife and Young Jerry about where he is going early next morning. He says he is going fishing, but he is actually going to Roger Cly's grave with Isaak Walton and another man to dig up Roger Cly's body for scientific uses. One who does this is called a Resurrection-Man.
-Jasmine Lee 7/4/07
19. [Saint Antoine, France] Defarge, three Jacques, and the mender of roads meet in the wine-shop garret. The mender of roads tells how he saw Gaspard hanging under Monsieur the Marquis' carriage and how later on he saw Gaspard being dragged to prison. Gaspard was accused of killing Monsieur the Marquis and was later hanged. Later that week, Defarge, Madame Defarge, and the mender of roads goes to Versailles and the mender of roads obviously displays his admirance for the nobility. Defarge and Maddame Defarge approve of the mender of roads' actions.
20. [Saint Antoine, France] John Barsad is a spy who goes to Monsieur Defarge's wine shop. He talks to Monsieur and Madame Defarge about Gaspard and informs them that Lucie is marrying Charles Darnay.
21. [London] On the day of Lucie and Charles Darnay's wedding, before the couple were to be married, Charles and Manette have a talk. Manette comes out really pale and then after the couple is married, they go off on their honeymoon. Manette has become delusional again and is at his bench making shoes for nine days. Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross watch over him and Mr. Lorry notices that as the days progress, Manette's skill for shoemaking improves.
*the reader does not know what Charles told Manette, but it may have been about Charles' real last name because a while back, Charles promised to tell Manette his true name on the day Lucie and he were to be married.
22. [London] The next morning, Manette wakes up perfectly fine reading a book. During breakfast, Mr. Lorry pretends to ask about his blacksmith friend’s problem, but the “friend” is actually Doctor Manette. Four days later, Manette goes on vacation with Lucie and Darnay and Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross destroy and burn the bench and bury the tools, which is Doctor Manette’s advice for Mr. Lorry’s “friend.”
23. [London] A few hours after Lucie and Charles come back from their honeymoon, Carton greets them at their home. Carton talks to Darnay alone to apologize for his insolence and drunkeness after the trial. Carton also asks for Darnay's friendship. Later that evening, Charles tells Lucie about Carton's "carelessness and recklessness" (Dickens 200), but Lucie responds by telling Charles that he should give Carton more sympathy because Carton's heart is wounded.
-Jasmine Lee 7/6/07
1789
24. [July] Lucie and Charles have a daugher and a son, but he died at a young age. Meanwhile, Monsieur and Madame Defarge lead a riot to Bastille. Defarge, the turnkey, and Jacques Three go to 105 North Tower and Defarge and Jacques Three search for something in Manette's bed. Later on, the riot marches the governor to Hotel de Ville and Madame Defarge chops off his head. Also, seven prisoners are rescued and seven heads of guards are stuck on spears.
-Jasmine Lee 7/7/07
25. [Hotel de Ville, France] Defarge finds out that Foulon, a man who did not care about peasants and told them to eat grass, is actually still alive. Foulon fakes his death because he was scared of the anger of the peasants. The Defarges, the Vengeance, and Jacques the Third lgo to Hotel de Ville, where Foulon is, to lead a riot against Foulon. Foulon is hung three times before he dies and then his head is chopped off, stuck on a pike, and then his mouth is stuffed with grass. After Foulon's death, many of peasants are happy.
26. [the chateau] After the mender of roads gives a random man direction to the Marquis' chateau, the village witness the chateau burning and does not care. Monsieur Gabelle hides on top of his roof from the villagers.
-Jasmine Lee 7/8/07
1792
27. [London] Mr. Lorry is going to Paris to protect the papers and important information for Tellson's Bank. Also, he has to send a letter to Monseigneur, but no one knows who he is. Only Darnay knows it is himself, and offers to deliver the letter. The letter is from Gabelle, who is in France, asking Monseigneur to save him from imprisonment for being Monsieur the Marquis' steward. Darnay feels obligated to go save Gabelle and writes a letter to Lucie and Doctor Manette that is to be delivered to them at 11:30 that night.
28. Mr. Jaris Lorry tells Charles Darnay he is leaving alone that night for France to help with the French branch of Tellson's Bank. Charles admits his desire to go to France, but knows it would be dangerous to do so. Mr. Lorry gets a letter he has to send to the Monsieur the Marquis St. Evremonde of France, not knowing Darnay was the Monsieur. Other men ,including Mr. Bully Stryver, overhear them and start insulting the Monsieur. But Darnay agrees to give the Monsieur the letter. Charles goes out into the street and reads the letter. The letter is from Gabelle, his loyal servant, begging him to come release him from jail. Gabelle was jailed by the people on his way to Paris for opposing the people. Charles feels guilty for abandoning his loyal servant. He doesn't want to leave his family, but he resolves to go to Paris and help Gabelle, not knowing the danger that awaits him there. Darnay decides to send letters to Lucie and her father after he arrives in Paris. Charles comes back in and tells Mr. Lorry the Monsieur said he was going to leave for Paris tomorrow night.
Stephanie Tran (7/10/07)
29. [La Force, France] Darnay experiences many stops by revolutionaries and the only proof he has that convinces them to leave him alone is his letter from Gabelle. He is then taken to a prison called, La Force. Unfortunately, he is "in secret," and is redirected to a jam-packed room, where he is all alone.
-Jasmine Lee 7/10/07
30. [Paris] While at Tellson's Bank in Paris, Mr. Lorry is bombarded by Doctor Manette and Lucie who are looking for Darnay. Mr. Lorry tells Lucie to go to the back room. Meanwhile, prisoners are brought out in the courtyard in front of Tellson's Bank and Doctor Manette decides to go outside to tell the people to save Darnay.
31.[Paris] For the sake of the business at Tellson's Bank, Mr. Lorry sends Lucie, young Lucie, and Miss Pross to live somewhere else, instead of at the bank, and to be accompanied by Jerry. Later, Mr. Lorry receives a letter from Doctor Manette through Defarge telling him that Darnay is safe and that Darnay has a letter for Lucie. Mr. Lorry, Madame and Monsieur Defarge, and the Vengeance go to Lucie's lodging and gives her the letter from Darnay. The letter tells her to stay strong and that Doctor Manette "has influence around [him]" (Dickens 258). Madame Defarge comes along to remember Lucie and young Lucie's faces for future reasons regarding their safety. Lucie asks Madame Defarge to be sympathetic towards her and to be good to her husband, but Madame Defarge states that they are not her problem.
32. [Paris] Four day later, after being at the La Force prison, Doctor Manette convinces the Tribunal to secure Darnay's safety. Doctor Manette has become a physician at La Force and at two other prisons. Doctor Manette is convinced and confident that he will be able to save Darnay for his daughter.
33.[Paris] After being told by her father that there is a spot outside of the prison at three o'clock where Darnay can see Lucie, Lucie goes to that spot everyday for two hours(two o'clock-four o'clock). However, a wood sawyer is always working at that spot and creeps out Lucie by pretending his saw is a guillotine to cut off wood, which he pretends are humans. Lucie has to pay him to stop. After seeing a violent dance called the Carmagnole, Lucie sees her father and her father tells her to blow Darnay a kiss because he sees her, even though she does not see him. Also, Darnay is going to be tried the very next day and Doctor Manette is sure Lucie will be back with Darnay "within a few hours" (Dickens 270).
34. [Paris] During the trial, the judge and the populace did not believe Darnay. After Manette and Gabelle's defence, the crowd cheered on Darnay and the jury openly decided to acquit Darnay. Manette's prominent position as a physician of the town greatly influenced Darnay's acquittal. After being acquitted, Darnay was carried on a chair and Manette on people's shoulders back home. Darnay finally got to see his family.
-Jasmine Lee 7/11/07
35. [Paris] Unfortunately, four soldiers come over to Darnay and Lucie's current living space and tells Darnay that he must come back to trial the very next day. When the four soldiers were asked who decided to call back Darnay, they said Monsieur and Madame Defarge and a third person called Darnay back to trial.
36. [Paris] While Miss Pross and Jerry Cruncher are shopping, they decide to go by some wine. At the wine-shop, Miss Pross screams in joy because she sees her brother, Solomon. Outside the store, while Mr. Cruncher is questioning Solomon about his name, Sydney Carton pops up and reveals that Solomon is a spy and his alias is John Barsad. Mr. Cruncher remembers "Solomon" because thirteen years ago, he testified against Charles Darnay. Carton threatens to reveal John Barsad's true identity and forces Barsad to come with him to Tellson's Bank to see Mr. Lorry. Barsad states that Roger Cly is dead with a burial certificate, but Mr. Cruncher states that there were only rocks and dirt in his coffin. Then Sydney Carton has a private conversation with Barsad.
37. [Paris] While Carton and Barsad are still in the other room, Mr. Lorry tells Cruncher that he cannot put up with Cruncher's second job as a grave undigger. Mr. Lorry must tell the people at London's Tellson's Bank and Cruncher will lose his job. However, Cruncher asks Mr. Lorry to give his job to young Jerry and tells Mr. Lorry that he will dig graves to make up for his undigging. As Carton is walking home, he helps a little girl cross a muddy road and a verse from his father's funeral pops up in his head. Carton also buys from medicine from a chemist, but the reader does not know what type of medicine it is. Darnay's trial is the next day and the reader finds out that the third person who denounces Darnay, including Monsieur and Madame Defarge, is Doctor Manette. Manette objects. Monsieur Defarge says he has proof from Manette that he wanted his son-in-law to be denounced through a note Manette wrote that Defarge found in 105 North Tower, the prison where Mantte stayed in at Bastille. - Jasmine Lee 7/12/07
38. [Paris] Mr. Lorry discover's Jerry Cruncher's double life of being a messenger and a resurrection man. He scolds Jerry of having such a disagreeable job and Jerry promises to become a gravedigger instead if Mr. Lorry will let his son, Jerry, inherit his own job at Tellson's later. Then, Sydney Carton returns from his conversation with Barsad and informs Mr. Lorry that he is allowed to visit Darnay once before he is summoned to be executed. They then talk about how unfortunate it is to remain single. As Carton left and was passing by the prison of La Force in memory of Lucie Manette, he started conversing with the wood-sawyer about the guillotine. After leaving the man disgusted, he enters a chemist's shop to purchase several mysterious packets.
- ellen mok (07.12.07)
39. Manette tells the story of the information written on the note. As Manette is taking a stroll through the town one night, he is stopped by the Evremonde brothers. The brothers take him to a home of a peasnt woman. After giving the peasant woman medicine, the brothers and Manette go to see the woman's brother. The woman's brother was stabbed by the younger brother. The woman's brother tells Manette that he was stabbed because he was trying to save his sister from the younger brother who was going to rape her. The woman's brother also tells Manette that he has sent away his younger sister somewhere else to protect her. Before the woman's brother dies, he curses all of the brothers' family and descendents. The older brother asks Manette not to tell anyone about what happened and Manette tells him that every patients' information is confidential. The brothers offer to pay Manette back with gold, but Manette refuses the offer. Later on, Manette finds the gold in a box with his name on it in front of his house. Manette writes a letter to the Minister about what happened and mails it off himself. However, the brothers discover his letter and send him off to prison at Bastille: 105 North Tower. The people at the trial find Darnay guilty and he is going to be killed in twenty-four hours.
*the man that brings Manette into the carriage where the brothers are was first brought to Manette by a young Defarge, who was Manette's servant.
40.[Paris] As the crowd leaves the court, Lucie begs Barsad, who is taking Darnay to jail, to give her husband one last hug. Then assured Manette that it was not his fault. Lucie faints and Carton places Lucie in a carriage and Mr. Lorry, Carton, and Manette also go in the carriage to go to Lucie's residency. Young Lucie begs Carton to help her mother and father. Then Carton tells Manette that he should still try to convince the judges to free Darnay and then the three men agree to meet at Mr. Lorry's later than night at nine o'clock. However, as Carton and Mr. Lorry leave the house, they both agree that the likelihood of Darnay actually being freed is impossible.
-Jasmine Lee 7/12/07
41. [San Antoine, Paris] After buying some wine at the Defarge's wine-shop, Carton eavesdrops on Monsieur and Madame Defarge, Jacques Three, and the Vengeance talk about Darnay's family. Madame Defarge reveals she is the younger sister of the peasant woman that was hidden from the Evremonde brothers. Also, Manette has become crazy again and is looking for the shoe bench to make his shoes. Then Carton shows Mr. Lorry Carton's, Lucie's, young Lucie's, and Manette's certificate to leave France to go back to England because he overheard that Madame Defarge was going to denounce Lucie, young Lucie, and Manette. Madame Defarge would try them as spies because she has proof from the wood sawyer that the three were always by the prison. Also, it is against the law to mourn for one who is going to be killed by the guillotine. Carton asks Lorry to make an appointment for a carriage to bring himself and the other three back to England tomorrow before Madame Defarge has time to try them.
42. [La Force, Paris] While Darnay is writing letters to Manette, Lucie, and Mr. Lorry, Carton appears at his cell and tells him to write a letter. However, Darnay smells some fumes which Carton bought a while back. The fumes cause Darnay to become unconscious and then Carton switches clothes with Darnay. Then Barsasd takes Darnay to the carriage and Carton has taken Darnay's place as a prisoner. Then Darnay, Manette, Lucie, young Lucie, and Mr. Lorry are on a carriage back to England.
43. [San Antoine, Paris] Madame Defarge talks with Jacques Three and the Vengeance about how she must murder Darnay and his family. She knows that mourning for an enemy of the Republic is illegal, and she will go over to Lucie's place to catch her crying for her husband after he faces the guillotine. Madame Defarge brings a gun and dagger with her and leave; Jacques Three and the Vengeance admire her. Meanwhile, Jerry agrees to meet Miss Pross at the cathedral to leave on a carriage; leaving on carriage at the courtyard the same day Lucie and her family left will arouse suspicion. Jerry also promises that if Lucie and her family make it to England safely, he will work as a grave-digger and will never beat Mrs. Cruncher for praying ever again. While Jerry is gone, Madame Defarge appears at Lucie's residency and sees Miss Pross. Miss Pross insinctly closes all the four doors and blocks Lucie's door. The women speak to each other in their own language, not understanding what each other is saying. After looking through the other three doors, Madame Defarge sees they family has hastily packed and left, but does not know for sure if they are in Lucie's room. The women fight, and Miss Pross ends up shooting Madame Defarge and she dies. As Miss Pross crosses the bridge, she throws the room key into the river. On the carriage, Miss Pross asks Jerry if he hears any noise in the streets, but Miss Pross is permanently deaf from the gunshot and cannot hear is answer. Therefore, Jerry only nods.
44.[Paris] Before facing the guillotine, Carton and the seamstress hold hands. The Vengeance wonders where Madame Defarge is and calls out for her. Before the seamstress faces the guillotine, she and Carton kiss each other. Before Cartonfaces the guillotine, he imagines the life of the Darnay family. He imagines that they have a son name after him, he imagines their lives happy and propserous, and he imagines that he "[holds] a sanctuary in their hearts" (Dickens 361). Also, he recites the verse, John 11:25, in his head that he heard at his father's funeral. Also, he tells himself that what he did for Darnay was the best thing he has ever done in his life.
-Jasmine Lee 7/13/07
I'm fine with sharing the timeline. Oh Ellen, yours is not at the bottom because I added it somewhere. I think it is #35. -Jasmine
2) Timeline of the events of the French Revolution
Note: Cite the source of all material. All plagiarized material will be deleted.
Timeline of book:
1775
- France- King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette take over. France is amounting in debt; peasants are starving. The royalty are living a good life.
- England- King George III is on the English throne. People are calling out for reforms and taking part in a struggle with America. There is havoc on the streets. The royalty are living a good life.
{melissa august 10}1. Friday, November [Shooter's Hill, 11:10]- Jarvis Lorry receives message from Jerry
2. Saturday, November [Dover]- Lorry meets Lucie and tells her of her father
3. November [Paris]- Lorry and Lucie go to Paris and meets Monsieur Defarge and see Lucie's father.
4. Lucie sees her father. She brings him home and brings him back to health, mentally and physically. - Jessica 08/12/07
5. Lorry, Lucie, and Manette go on a coach back to London.
6. Jerry delievers another message to Mr. Lorry at the Old Bailey Court where Charles Darnay is being tried for treason. Lucie and Manette are testifying against Darnay.
-Jasmine Lee 6/26/07
1780
7. [Old Bailey, London] Charles Darnay is acquitted.
8. [London] Charles Darnay and Mr. Carton go to a local tavern to have a drink. Mr. Carton asks Darnay if Lucie's love is worth risking his life for, but Darnay does not answer. Later on, Darnay leaves the tavern and Mr. Carton is drunk, looks at a mirror, critizes his looks, and then falls asleep.
9. [London] At around ten o'clock, a worker at the tavern wakes up Mr. Carton. Mr. Carton goes to Mr. Stryver's place to drink some more and Mr. Stryver admits Lucie is very beautiful. Afterwards, Mr. Carton goes home and cries himself to sleep.
10. [London] On a Sunday, Mr. Lorry goes over to the Manette home seeking Doctor Manette and Lucie. However, only Miss Pross is home. Mr. Lorry finds out Miss Pross disapproves of every man that has tried to win over Lucie, except for her own brother Solomon. Later on, Lucie, Doctor Manette, and Darnay home come together, and then Carton comes too. After eating, everybody goes home.
-Jasmine Lee 6/28/07
11. [France] After Monseigneur's party, Monsieur the Marquis recklessly passes town and runs over Gaspard's son. He pays back Gaspard and Defarge and drives away.
12. [France] On his way to the chateau, Monsieur the Marquis is disturbed by a man who kept staring at him. The man says he saw someone who was not a villager hanging onto the bottom of Monsieur the Marquis' carriage. Then on Monsieur the Marquis' way back to the chateau, he is stopped by a woman who requests of a marker for her husbands grave, since it was bare. Monsieur the Marquis ignores her and arrives at the chateau, asking if Monsieur Charles has arrived from England yet.
13.[The Chateau, France] The "Monsieur Charles" whom Monsieur is expecting is actually Charles Darnay, his nephew. Darnay discusses with Monsieur about his desire to renounce his uncle's inheritance. The next morning, Monsieur is found dead, stabbed with a knife and left with a note which reads, "Drive him fast to his tomb. This, from JACQUES."
-Jasmine Lee 6/30/07
14. [London] A year after Monsieur the Marquis is killed, Charles Darnay moves to England to become a French tutor. He visits Manette and professes his love for his daughter to him. Manette promises to never bring up how Darnay truly feels about Lucie to her, but to only tell her how Darnay feels when she admits her love for Darnay. If that happens, Manette will only speak of good things about Darnay. Since Manette is keeping secrets for Darnay, Darnay feels it important to tell Manette his true last name, but Manette insists on only finding out the truth on the morning of Darnay and Lucie's wedding.
15. [London] On the same night Darnay visits Manette, Mr. Stryver tells Carton that he intends to marry Lucie, not for her money, but because she is a "charming creature" (Dickens 136).
-Jasmine Lee 7/1/07
16. [London] The next morning, Mr. Stryver decides to walk over to Lucie's home to propose to her. However, he stops by Tellson's Bank to tell Mr. Lorry about what he is going to do. Mr. Lorry does not suggest Mr. Stryver proposing to Lucie and decides to go to Lucie's home to find out how she feels about marrying Mr. Stryver first. At around ten o'clock that night, Mr. Lorry goes over to Mr. Stryver's home and informs him that Lucie and her father do not approve of Mr. Stryver marrying Lucie.
-Jasmine Lee 7/2/07
17. [London] On a day in August, Carton professes his love for Lucie and tells her he would die for her and anyone she loves.
-Jasmine lee 7/3/07
18. [London] After Roger Cly's funeral, Jerry Cruncher lies to his wife and Young Jerry about where he is going early next morning. He says he is going fishing, but he is actually going to Roger Cly's grave with Isaak Walton and another man to dig up Roger Cly's body for scientific uses. One who does this is called a Resurrection-Man.
-Jasmine Lee 7/4/07
19. [Saint Antoine, France] Defarge, three Jacques, and the mender of roads meet in the wine-shop garret. The mender of roads tells how he saw Gaspard hanging under Monsieur the Marquis' carriage and how later on he saw Gaspard being dragged to prison. Gaspard was accused of killing Monsieur the Marquis and was later hanged. Later that week, Defarge, Madame Defarge, and the mender of roads goes to Versailles and the mender of roads obviously displays his admirance for the nobility. Defarge and Maddame Defarge approve of the mender of roads' actions.
20. [Saint Antoine, France] John Barsad is a spy who goes to Monsieur Defarge's wine shop. He talks to Monsieur and Madame Defarge about Gaspard and informs them that Lucie is marrying Charles Darnay.
21. [London] On the day of Lucie and Charles Darnay's wedding, before the couple were to be married, Charles and Manette have a talk. Manette comes out really pale and then after the couple is married, they go off on their honeymoon. Manette has become delusional again and is at his bench making shoes for nine days. Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross watch over him and Mr. Lorry notices that as the days progress, Manette's skill for shoemaking improves.
*the reader does not know what Charles told Manette, but it may have been about Charles' real last name because a while back, Charles promised to tell Manette his true name on the day Lucie and he were to be married.
22. [London] The next morning, Manette wakes up perfectly fine reading a book. During breakfast, Mr. Lorry pretends to ask about his blacksmith friend’s problem, but the “friend” is actually Doctor Manette. Four days later, Manette goes on vacation with Lucie and Darnay and Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross destroy and burn the bench and bury the tools, which is Doctor Manette’s advice for Mr. Lorry’s “friend.”
23. [London] A few hours after Lucie and Charles come back from their honeymoon, Carton greets them at their home. Carton talks to Darnay alone to apologize for his insolence and drunkeness after the trial. Carton also asks for Darnay's friendship. Later that evening, Charles tells Lucie about Carton's "carelessness and recklessness" (Dickens 200), but Lucie responds by telling Charles that he should give Carton more sympathy because Carton's heart is wounded.
-Jasmine Lee 7/6/07
1789
24. [July] Lucie and Charles have a daugher and a son, but he died at a young age. Meanwhile, Monsieur and Madame Defarge lead a riot to Bastille. Defarge, the turnkey, and Jacques Three go to 105 North Tower and Defarge and Jacques Three search for something in Manette's bed. Later on, the riot marches the governor to Hotel de Ville and Madame Defarge chops off his head. Also, seven prisoners are rescued and seven heads of guards are stuck on spears.
-Jasmine Lee 7/7/07
25. [Hotel de Ville, France] Defarge finds out that Foulon, a man who did not care about peasants and told them to eat grass, is actually still alive. Foulon fakes his death because he was scared of the anger of the peasants. The Defarges, the Vengeance, and Jacques the Third lgo to Hotel de Ville, where Foulon is, to lead a riot against Foulon. Foulon is hung three times before he dies and then his head is chopped off, stuck on a pike, and then his mouth is stuffed with grass. After Foulon's death, many of peasants are happy.
26. [the chateau] After the mender of roads gives a random man direction to the Marquis' chateau, the village witness the chateau burning and does not care. Monsieur Gabelle hides on top of his roof from the villagers.
-Jasmine Lee 7/8/07
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27. [London] Mr. Lorry is going to Paris to protect the papers and important information for Tellson's Bank. Also, he has to send a letter to Monseigneur, but no one knows who he is. Only Darnay knows it is himself, and offers to deliver the letter. The letter is from Gabelle, who is in France, asking Monseigneur to save him from imprisonment for being Monsieur the Marquis' steward. Darnay feels obligated to go save Gabelle and writes a letter to Lucie and Doctor Manette that is to be delivered to them at 11:30 that night.
28. Mr. Jaris Lorry tells Charles Darnay he is leaving alone that night for France to help with the French branch of Tellson's Bank. Charles admits his desire to go to France, but knows it would be dangerous to do so. Mr. Lorry gets a letter he has to send to the Monsieur the Marquis St. Evremonde of France, not knowing Darnay was the Monsieur. Other men ,including Mr. Bully Stryver, overhear them and start insulting the Monsieur. But Darnay agrees to give the Monsieur the letter. Charles goes out into the street and reads the letter. The letter is from Gabelle, his loyal servant, begging him to come release him from jail. Gabelle was jailed by the people on his way to Paris for opposing the people. Charles feels guilty for abandoning his loyal servant. He doesn't want to leave his family, but he resolves to go to Paris and help Gabelle, not knowing the danger that awaits him there. Darnay decides to send letters to Lucie and her father after he arrives in Paris. Charles comes back in and tells Mr. Lorry the Monsieur said he was going to leave for Paris tomorrow night.
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29. [La Force, France] Darnay experiences many stops by revolutionaries and the only proof he has that convinces them to leave him alone is his letter from Gabelle. He is then taken to a prison called, La Force. Unfortunately, he is "in secret," and is redirected to a jam-packed room, where he is all alone.
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30. [Paris] While at Tellson's Bank in Paris, Mr. Lorry is bombarded by Doctor Manette and Lucie who are looking for Darnay. Mr. Lorry tells Lucie to go to the back room. Meanwhile, prisoners are brought out in the courtyard in front of Tellson's Bank and Doctor Manette decides to go outside to tell the people to save Darnay.
31.[Paris] For the sake of the business at Tellson's Bank, Mr. Lorry sends Lucie, young Lucie, and Miss Pross to live somewhere else, instead of at the bank, and to be accompanied by Jerry. Later, Mr. Lorry receives a letter from Doctor Manette through Defarge telling him that Darnay is safe and that Darnay has a letter for Lucie. Mr. Lorry, Madame and Monsieur Defarge, and the Vengeance go to Lucie's lodging and gives her the letter from Darnay. The letter tells her to stay strong and that Doctor Manette "has influence around [him]" (Dickens 258). Madame Defarge comes along to remember Lucie and young Lucie's faces for future reasons regarding their safety. Lucie asks Madame Defarge to be sympathetic towards her and to be good to her husband, but Madame Defarge states that they are not her problem.
32. [Paris] Four day later, after being at the La Force prison, Doctor Manette convinces the Tribunal to secure Darnay's safety. Doctor Manette has become a physician at La Force and at two other prisons. Doctor Manette is convinced and confident that he will be able to save Darnay for his daughter.
33.[Paris] After being told by her father that there is a spot outside of the prison at three o'clock where Darnay can see Lucie, Lucie goes to that spot everyday for two hours(two o'clock-four o'clock). However, a wood sawyer is always working at that spot and creeps out Lucie by pretending his saw is a guillotine to cut off wood, which he pretends are humans. Lucie has to pay him to stop. After seeing a violent dance called the Carmagnole, Lucie sees her father and her father tells her to blow Darnay a kiss because he sees her, even though she does not see him. Also, Darnay is going to be tried the very next day and Doctor Manette is sure Lucie will be back with Darnay "within a few hours" (Dickens 270).
34. [Paris] During the trial, the judge and the populace did not believe Darnay. After Manette and Gabelle's defence, the crowd cheered on Darnay and the jury openly decided to acquit Darnay. Manette's prominent position as a physician of the town greatly influenced Darnay's acquittal. After being acquitted, Darnay was carried on a chair and Manette on people's shoulders back home. Darnay finally got to see his family.
-Jasmine Lee 7/11/07
35. [Paris] Unfortunately, four soldiers come over to Darnay and Lucie's current living space and tells Darnay that he must come back to trial the very next day. When the four soldiers were asked who decided to call back Darnay, they said Monsieur and Madame Defarge and a third person called Darnay back to trial.
36. [Paris] While Miss Pross and Jerry Cruncher are shopping, they decide to go by some wine. At the wine-shop, Miss Pross screams in joy because she sees her brother, Solomon. Outside the store, while Mr. Cruncher is questioning Solomon about his name, Sydney Carton pops up and reveals that Solomon is a spy and his alias is John Barsad. Mr. Cruncher remembers "Solomon" because thirteen years ago, he testified against Charles Darnay. Carton threatens to reveal John Barsad's true identity and forces Barsad to come with him to Tellson's Bank to see Mr. Lorry. Barsad states that Roger Cly is dead with a burial certificate, but Mr. Cruncher states that there were only rocks and dirt in his coffin. Then Sydney Carton has a private conversation with Barsad.
37. [Paris] While Carton and Barsad are still in the other room, Mr. Lorry tells Cruncher that he cannot put up with Cruncher's second job as a grave undigger. Mr. Lorry must tell the people at London's Tellson's Bank and Cruncher will lose his job. However, Cruncher asks Mr. Lorry to give his job to young Jerry and tells Mr. Lorry that he will dig graves to make up for his undigging. As Carton is walking home, he helps a little girl cross a muddy road and a verse from his father's funeral pops up in his head. Carton also buys from medicine from a chemist, but the reader does not know what type of medicine it is. Darnay's trial is the next day and the reader finds out that the third person who denounces Darnay, including Monsieur and Madame Defarge, is Doctor Manette. Manette objects. Monsieur Defarge says he has proof from Manette that he wanted his son-in-law to be denounced through a note Manette wrote that Defarge found in 105 North Tower, the prison where Mantte stayed in at Bastille. - Jasmine Lee 7/12/07
38. [Paris] Mr. Lorry discover's Jerry Cruncher's double life of being a messenger and a resurrection man. He scolds Jerry of having such a disagreeable job and Jerry promises to become a gravedigger instead if Mr. Lorry will let his son, Jerry, inherit his own job at Tellson's later. Then, Sydney Carton returns from his conversation with Barsad and informs Mr. Lorry that he is allowed to visit Darnay once before he is summoned to be executed. They then talk about how unfortunate it is to remain single. As Carton left and was passing by the prison of La Force in memory of Lucie Manette, he started conversing with the wood-sawyer about the guillotine. After leaving the man disgusted, he enters a chemist's shop to purchase several mysterious packets.
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39. Manette tells the story of the information written on the note. As Manette is taking a stroll through the town one night, he is stopped by the Evremonde brothers. The brothers take him to a home of a peasnt woman. After giving the peasant woman medicine, the brothers and Manette go to see the woman's brother. The woman's brother was stabbed by the younger brother. The woman's brother tells Manette that he was stabbed because he was trying to save his sister from the younger brother who was going to rape her. The woman's brother also tells Manette that he has sent away his younger sister somewhere else to protect her. Before the woman's brother dies, he curses all of the brothers' family and descendents. The older brother asks Manette not to tell anyone about what happened and Manette tells him that every patients' information is confidential. The brothers offer to pay Manette back with gold, but Manette refuses the offer. Later on, Manette finds the gold in a box with his name on it in front of his house. Manette writes a letter to the Minister about what happened and mails it off himself. However, the brothers discover his letter and send him off to prison at Bastille: 105 North Tower. The people at the trial find Darnay guilty and he is going to be killed in twenty-four hours.
*the man that brings Manette into the carriage where the brothers are was first brought to Manette by a young Defarge, who was Manette's servant.
40.[Paris] As the crowd leaves the court, Lucie begs Barsad, who is taking Darnay to jail, to give her husband one last hug. Then assured Manette that it was not his fault. Lucie faints and Carton places Lucie in a carriage and Mr. Lorry, Carton, and Manette also go in the carriage to go to Lucie's residency. Young Lucie begs Carton to help her mother and father. Then Carton tells Manette that he should still try to convince the judges to free Darnay and then the three men agree to meet at Mr. Lorry's later than night at nine o'clock. However, as Carton and Mr. Lorry leave the house, they both agree that the likelihood of Darnay actually being freed is impossible.
-Jasmine Lee 7/12/07
41. [San Antoine, Paris] After buying some wine at the Defarge's wine-shop, Carton eavesdrops on Monsieur and Madame Defarge, Jacques Three, and the Vengeance talk about Darnay's family. Madame Defarge reveals she is the younger sister of the peasant woman that was hidden from the Evremonde brothers. Also, Manette has become crazy again and is looking for the shoe bench to make his shoes. Then Carton shows Mr. Lorry Carton's, Lucie's, young Lucie's, and Manette's certificate to leave France to go back to England because he overheard that Madame Defarge was going to denounce Lucie, young Lucie, and Manette. Madame Defarge would try them as spies because she has proof from the wood sawyer that the three were always by the prison. Also, it is against the law to mourn for one who is going to be killed by the guillotine. Carton asks Lorry to make an appointment for a carriage to bring himself and the other three back to England tomorrow before Madame Defarge has time to try them.
42. [La Force, Paris] While Darnay is writing letters to Manette, Lucie, and Mr. Lorry, Carton appears at his cell and tells him to write a letter. However, Darnay smells some fumes which Carton bought a while back. The fumes cause Darnay to become unconscious and then Carton switches clothes with Darnay. Then Barsasd takes Darnay to the carriage and Carton has taken Darnay's place as a prisoner. Then Darnay, Manette, Lucie, young Lucie, and Mr. Lorry are on a carriage back to England.
43. [San Antoine, Paris] Madame Defarge talks with Jacques Three and the Vengeance about how she must murder Darnay and his family. She knows that mourning for an enemy of the Republic is illegal, and she will go over to Lucie's place to catch her crying for her husband after he faces the guillotine. Madame Defarge brings a gun and dagger with her and leave; Jacques Three and the Vengeance admire her. Meanwhile, Jerry agrees to meet Miss Pross at the cathedral to leave on a carriage; leaving on carriage at the courtyard the same day Lucie and her family left will arouse suspicion. Jerry also promises that if Lucie and her family make it to England safely, he will work as a grave-digger and will never beat Mrs. Cruncher for praying ever again. While Jerry is gone, Madame Defarge appears at Lucie's residency and sees Miss Pross. Miss Pross insinctly closes all the four doors and blocks Lucie's door. The women speak to each other in their own language, not understanding what each other is saying. After looking through the other three doors, Madame Defarge sees they family has hastily packed and left, but does not know for sure if they are in Lucie's room. The women fight, and Miss Pross ends up shooting Madame Defarge and she dies. As Miss Pross crosses the bridge, she throws the room key into the river. On the carriage, Miss Pross asks Jerry if he hears any noise in the streets, but Miss Pross is permanently deaf from the gunshot and cannot hear is answer. Therefore, Jerry only nods.
44.[Paris] Before facing the guillotine, Carton and the seamstress hold hands. The Vengeance wonders where Madame Defarge is and calls out for her. Before the seamstress faces the guillotine, she and Carton kiss each other. Before Cartonfaces the guillotine, he imagines the life of the Darnay family. He imagines that they have a son name after him, he imagines their lives happy and propserous, and he imagines that he "[holds] a sanctuary in their hearts" (Dickens 361). Also, he recites the verse, John 11:25, in his head that he heard at his father's funeral. Also, he tells himself that what he did for Darnay was the best thing he has ever done in his life.
-Jasmine Lee 7/13/07